Fancy Dress Ideas

Tha Gopher

Im entering a pub fancy dress on Friday. Any ideas of what to go as?
Ive been thinking Saddam Hussein seeing as I found some well suited old green shirts and trousers, a pair of sunglasses like he was sometimes seen wearing and Im sure I can get his hat, and if I cant a tea towel will suffice. And I should be able to get a fake moustache from a joke shop. Only thing is that probably half the people at the fancy dress will be dressed as Saddam so any other ideas as to who I could go as?
Also can anybody tell me what kind of make up/sun tan lotion would be good for browning up my face if I go as Saddam? Preferably stuff that can be easily washed off and wont be stuck on me for days after the fancy dress Thanks

Karl Hungus

Speaking of dictators...

This is mah Adolf Hitlah Costume!
Isn't it BAD ASS!?

Zeig Heil!

Says it all, doesn't it?

Space Coyote

No don't go as Saddam, that's too obvious. Go as a corpse, ie one of his 2 sons. :eek:

Caesar_Bojangle

Chewbacca would work if you're quite tall.

I have the mask but cant find the body suit of hair anywhere.

feylya

Gandalf, Sarumann, Sauron (if you're tall and have a convient suit of armour), one of the Urak Hai.

Victor

Get a pair off fake boobs in a costume shop (unless you have your own). Go in a bikini.

weemcd

ive been thinking about doing this sometime:

try doing like half terminator/borg style eye piece. what you would need is a contact lens a plastic casing like something off a pager, spray it black of silver, get some small slear tubes, like you get form bongs and pipe it up, use like a little balloon as a pump, and make it seem as if the pump is circulating your blood. that said though it would be very difficult. you could use parts from a bleeding "scream" mask to do the pump. then you would have to find some sort of clothes to wear. just an idea, probably not possible to do in a week. but if you showed up like that you would win. the terminator thing is very topical rite now, but someone else will surley try the same thing. you would also need some scar type make up like you were in a war from the future.

Spunog UIE

predator okay probally unlikely but if someone pulled that off, it would be class.

Beck Amerdam

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
Chewbacca would work if you're quite tall.

I have the mask but cant find the body suit of hair anywhere.

Well if he was small he could just say he was cousin it

Sarky

The Grim Reaper is always a good choice.

Worked a treat for me last time I went trick-or-treating in the old folks home...

Amz

We had a fancy dress Grad and some great ideas at that,

The best on I saw was a mate who went in a box from his mam's new fridge freezer, he just cut out holes for his arms, eyes, and mouth.... he had to drink pints through a straw though

Another time a mate of mine went as a French Maid, he look pretty class and got lots of attention which was cool.

Another mate went as "Man getting out of shower" he wore a flesh coloured t-shirt with bits of wool/thread as chest/back hair and wore a towel around his waist he carried a rubber duck and wore a shower hat.

commuterised

Originally posted by Tha Gopher

Also can anybody tell me what kind of make up/sun tan lotion would be good for browning up my face if I go as Saddam? Preferably stuff that can be easily washed off and wont be stuck on me for days after the fancy dress Thanks

You could use a very dark foundation, you can pick up a cheap one in any chemist or pound shop. Or cover your face in a bronzer powder. Don't use fake tan of any sort as it will take a few days to wear off your face. Your best bet is the foundation.

If you're too lazy to think up an interesting costume for yourself, there's a costume hire shop behind the AIB bank on baggot street ( the one they're refurbishing) opposite Eddie Rockets. You can try on loads of outfits and they have amazing selections of stuff. You need to leave a deposit as well as the hire fee but you get that back after you return the outfit.

kiffer

Originally posted by Amz


Another time a mate of mine went as a French Maid, he look pretty class and got lots of attention which was cool.

I've done that, What a crazy night that was ...
the really bad (or the funnest) part is that people who saw me every day did'nt recognise me ... and thought i was female.

I had a spiky yoke on my neck to hide my adams apple, that and not taking...

what a crazy night ...

Puck

Willy Wonka!

Sorry but after just buying the DVD the man is my hero! Best costume ever!

Spunog UIE

Wacko Jacko ala Bo Selecta, SHAMOOANNNNNN mOFO etc

Hellrazer

Go as a "PREMATURE EJACULATION"
Just wear a pair of boxers with a sign around your neck saying the above.
When people say in a confused manner that they dont get it-- the response is:



"Ive just come in my pants"

Always get s a few laughs.Well it did last Halloween when my mate did it.Mind you he was blue with the cold going home at 3.30 am.

Sposs

Go As A Cabbage.